What color to paint the interior of my "Storm Shelter?"

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:25 pm

I am finally done with the dirty parts of construction of my "storm shelter." Now I need to paint. What colors? The door is black cherry metallic.

Post by **PDM** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:33 pm

Desert tan

Post by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:33 pm

That's awesome.

White....everything, including the floor....you'll never lose anything that way.lol

Post by **PDM** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:34 pm

Looks great by the way

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:38 pm

Marcus wrote:That's awesome.

White....everything, including the floor....you'll never lose anything that way.lol

And never lose a single footprint or dirty fingerprint.

Post by **PDM** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:52 pm

I wasn't trying to be tacticool. The stuff we build at work gets bare wood or Devthane "desert tan" and it looks great. Nice and bright but not like a hospital

Post by **son of liberty** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 10:00 pm

Red smeared handprints in a few locations, a few rusted hanging chains and a meat hook.

samb. · Post by **samb.** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:25 am

How do you get out from the inside if it gets accidentally locked?

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:27 am

samb. wrote:How do you get out from the inside if it gets accidentally locked?

There is a release handle under the black cover.

Post by **iron369** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:09 am

Pepto pink

Eireguy · Post by **Eireguy** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 3:11 am

Shades of blue are supposed to be the most calming colors . ( if you plan on ever staying in there for any period of time )

Post by **86 slo-vo** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:43 am

The blood of your enemies.

Post by **PDM** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:13 am

The blood of tyrants

Post by **Wyldman** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:16 am

Biege. It should be painted biege.

Or muave.

Crush, kill, mangle, maim, destroy.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:54 am

Wow! I'm impressed with the build!! Have no idea what color to paint it. I'd likely do a light grey or tan. Neutral.

What are you going to do on the floor? Maybe those soft cushioned floor tiles? Pretty cheap for a nice floor. Or you could roll some cheap carpet but keep it short so you don't lose parts and springs in it.

So is there a build thread on this? I like the way you reinforced the ceiling. I like it all actually.

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:51 pm

I am liking the floor a desert tan/kaki/FDE epoxy.

Several people on FB think I should clear coat the ceiling. I like the idea, but I don't know if it will stick to bare steel.

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:23 pm

Mike wrote:Wow! I'm impressed with the build!! Have no idea what color to paint it. I'd likely do a light grey or tan. Neutral.

What are you going to do on the floor? Maybe those soft cushioned floor tiles? Pretty cheap for a nice floor. Or you could roll some cheap carpet but keep it short so you don't lose parts and springs in it.

So is there a build thread on this? I like the way you reinforced the ceiling. I like it all actually.

This is now a build thread.

In September I had the blocks put in. The blocks are filled with concrete and rebar.

Then the door came in and picked that up into place.

The ceiling is 1/4" plate cut 2' wide. I welded 4" flat bar to the top and bolted it to the adjoining plate. I used self tapping bolts so there are not any nuts on the outside.

The walls are covered with Akro Mills louvered panels. I have a ton of Akro Mills bins and some hangers from https://www.secureitgunstorage.com.

The network stack has my Swann NVR, Cisco 2504 wireless router, Cisco 3750x switch, Hue bridge, Smart Things hub, and UPS.

Post by **PDM** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:42 pm

Clear will stick to steel but I've never been able to completely keep it from rusting. It's streaky when it rusts underneath and looks like crap. That's just my experience. I've seen it done well, but it's sure not as easy as it looks

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:47 pm

PDM wrote:Clear will stick to steel but I've never been able to completely keep it from rusting. It's streaky when it rusts underneath and looks like crap. That's just my experience. I've seen it done well, but it's sure not as easy as it looks

Will it still rust with it inside and dry? I could understand if it was outside in the rain and road salt.

Post by **PDM** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:03 pm

Glad you mentioned that. It's been a long time, but I think it was fine while inside.

If it's dry in there, my bet would be on it working just fine

Post by **Mike** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:07 pm

You might want to monitor humidity in there and consider a dehumidifier. I've read of guns rusting in rooms set up like that.

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:01 pm

PDM wrote:Glad you mentioned that. It's been a long time, but I think it was fine while inside.

If it's dry in there, my bet would be on it working just fine

I hope it doesn't rain on it. If it did, it did its job as a tornado shelter and I'm not too worried about rust.

Post by **Jff24Gordn** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:06 pm

Mike wrote:You might want to monitor humidity in there and consider a dehumidifier. I've read of guns rusting in rooms set up like that.

It was 45% humidity this morning. I still have to connect the drain line for the dehumidifier.

Post by **Dave1965** » Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:02 pm

back to the color question, would do light grey, as in a lighter battleship color.

Post by **PDM** » Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:31 pm

Dave1965 wrote:back to the color question, would do light grey, as in a lighter battleship color.

We have IR transparent gray at the shop

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